Valentine’s day stuffed animal laced with lead pulled from Target

A line of stuffed animal called “Message Bears”, which look innocuous enough, have been found to have levels of lead that violate federal law. The tainted products, originally made in China, were rooted out by the Center for Environmental Health, a nonprofit watchdog.

By my count, this is at least the fourth time in the last half-year that Target has been in the news for selling products laced with dangerous levels of lead. Most recently, I linked to a story about women’s purses, and last fall there were two instances of children’s toys being found to have excessive amounts of lead.